Re: Fridges


"Mac" <Mac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1149343840.021581.255390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What about these 'new technology' thermo-electric (whatever that means)
cfc-free coolboxes which are now widely available, and considerably
cheaper than conventional 12v fridges? Even the largest and most
cooling in a rather expensive yachties chandlery catalogue I saw was
under £100 and claimed to cool down to 23degC below ambient while
drawing only 4amps. Has anyone tried any of these? How do do they
work? Do they work? I could have bought one in Lidl a few weeks ago
for less than 50 quid.

Mac
Peter Neville ha escrito:


<reply>
I had an early one of these in the late '70s (about 2 cu.ft. chest type) on my 20ft plastic & outboard cruiser with only a single car battery for all purposes.This was highly successful for us.
The technology uses large thermocouples one set cooling the interior and a matched set throwing out heat outside. This particular model had a switch to reverse the current making it into a warm box instead of a cold box.
We had one or two unfortunate incidents until I fixed a bit of Perspex across the switch to stop it being accidentally switched.

I would imagine the newer larger models are equally good.


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JOhn

NB Ernest (that one, not the other one)

My indecision is final.

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